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I've heard but don't know if its true that SSD storage can constantly suffer data corruption if its not powered. It needs power to keep refreshing stored data.
by postalrat 4y ago
I've heard but don't know if its true that SSD storage can constantly suffer data corruption if its not powered. It needs power to keep refreshing stored data.
Something that maybe spinning disks don't suffer from.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoI don't believe SSD loses data over arbitrarily short periods of time such as days/weeks. On the other hand, I would not trust either medium over extended period of time (years) personally - either dump to tape/optical, or keep making copies :). Either way, I currently do not have a use case where either my SSDs or HDDs would be off for year or more. (I do have a set of "off site" HDDs with my family which do stay unpowered for months before being exchanged)